Cloud Architect (all genders)
You design cloud platforms that turn ambition into reality. Working closely with clients, you translate business and technical goals into secure, scalable architectures and create pragmatic roadmaps that deliver measurable value.
Your Mission
You help organizations build robust cloud and hybrid platforms that enable innovation at scale. In a strongly client-facing role, you shape cloud foundations, advise stakeholders on best-fit solutions, and lay the groundwork for sustainable, follow-on initiatives.
At Accenture, you shape the environment in which you thrive – with ways of working that suit you. You stay flexible and become part of a team full of unique individuals who make a difference together.
Your Daily Work
Lead technical discovery and design
You run discovery sessions and design landing zones, cloud foundations, guardrails, and governance models covering identity, networking, security, compliance, and operations.Advise with a FinOps and operations mindset
You consider cost, performance, scalability, and reliability early, defining non-functional requirements, sizing assumptions, and operational runbooks together with stakeholders.Shape cloud platform strategies
You translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable cloud and hybrid platform architectures and define clear target and transition states.Drive improvement and value creation
You assess existing cloud landscapes (e.g. security, cost, reliability, standardization) and turn findings into actionable recommendations and roadmaps.Enable delivery and operations
You provide technical leadership to platform, DevOps, and operations teams, promote automation with Infrastructure as Code, and ensure production readiness from day one.
Who You Are
6+ years of relevant IT or industry experience in customer-facing roles and strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure
3+ years of experience designing and delivering secure, scalable cloud or hybrid platform architectures and several years of experience with Kubernetes, ideally managed services
Experience leading small technical teams during implementation phases
Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD (e.g. Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)
Experience building cloud foundations, landing zones, and reusable guardrails
Solid understanding of reliability, operations, and observability concepts
Strong security and governance awareness across identity, networking, encryption, and compliance
Ability to balance business needs, technical trade-offs, cost, security, and resilience
What We Offer
Flexible working models including remote and hybrid work
Access to extensive learning, certification, and development opportunities
Exciting, high-impact client projects in complex cloud environments
A collaborative culture with room for technical leadership and innovation
The opportunity to shape cloud platforms that enable real business transformation
Life at Accenture
In this role, you’ll be part of Accenture Song. With empathy, creativity, and technology, we help our clients grow in the digital realm. We bring together talented individuals from design, technology, communication, marketing, and strategy to create solutions that inspire and contribute to a better world.
The Accenture Culture: Here, YOU are the catalyst for change
Your unique combination of skills, personality, and aspirations sets you apart. When distinct talents, strengths, and perspectives merge, the result is nothing short of extraordinary: ideas that propel the world forward. This is why we champion diversity and personal development at Accenture. Create a working environment where you truly thrive; with responsibilities that resonate deeply; with a workload that is perfectly aligned with your capabilities; and methods that are tailored to your objectives. How you wish to connect, further your development, and personally evolve rests in your hands. This is your career. We are mere facilitators, helping you shape it exactly as you envision.
Contact Us
Any questions left? Feel free to contact our recruiting team via email at recruiting_germany@accenture.com. We look forward to your application.
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